M1.5 earthquake 54 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 54 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska on Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 3:21 PM AKDT (23:21 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 26 km W of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-08-17 23:21:54 UTC
- Depth
- 16.2 km (10.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.559° N, 167.173° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.593 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 408 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.596 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 408 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.7101 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 407 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.634 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 407 days ago · 79 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.876 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 407 days ago · 50 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.781 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 406 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.854 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 404 days ago · 160 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.166 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 403 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.674 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 402 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7110 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 402 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.587 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 401 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.624 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 401 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.860 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 401 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.630 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 400 days ago · 78 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 399 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.921 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 397 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.1111 km N of Nikolski, Alaska · 396 days ago · 88 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.926 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 395 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.3103 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 395 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.593 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 395 days ago · 100 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.567 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 393 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.933 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 392 days ago · 75 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 392 days ago · 81 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.755 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 392 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.426 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 389 days ago · 103 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.111 km NW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 372 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.924 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 368 days ago · 127 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.753 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 367 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.789 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 364 days ago · 82 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.765 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 360 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.070 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 349 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 1.984 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 409 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.469 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 409 days ago · 121 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.635 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 410 days ago · 71 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.527 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 411 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.991 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 411 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.049 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 411 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.329 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 412 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.524 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 413 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.950 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 413 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.749 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 413 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.749 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 413 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.490 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 413 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.438 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 414 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.886 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 415 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.325 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 417 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.876 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 417 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.8123 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 417 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.750 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 418 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.649 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 418 days ago · 68 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.988 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 418 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025aj3w2bc (also filed as av93720578). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:22 AM UTC.